3rd grade Instructional Guide

○​ Students will be able to key by touch all alphabet letters. ○​ Student will be able to key by touch the following keys: ■​ Strike Spacebar with thumb. ■​ Strike Enter/Return key with the right pinky. ■​ Hold Left Shift key when capitalizing right hand letters. ■​ Hold Right Shift key when capitalizing left hand letters. ■​ Strike Backspace/Delete key with right pinky. ■​ Strike Tab key with left pinky. ○​ Students will be able to key by touch the following punctuation keys: ■​ Strike Period with the right ring finger. ■​ Strike Comma with the right middle finger. ■​ Strike Question Mark by holding Left Shift with the left pinky and strike the question mark with the right pinky. Release both keys. ■​ Key Exclamation Point by holding Right Shift with pinky finger and strike the exclamation point with the left pinky. Release both keys. ○​ Students will be introduced to correct fingering when using the numbers keys located on the top row (not the keypad located on the right of the keyboard. ●​ Standard 2- Students will be able to demonstrate proper spacing using common punctuation marks. ○​ Students will use one space after keying a period, comma, question mark, and exclamation point.

3-5 Keyboarding Strand 3- Students will key by touch from a variety of sources.

●​ Standard 1- Students will key from dictation.

Standards

○​ Students will key by touch alphabet letters, short words, and phrases from dictation.

●​ Standard 2- Students will key from printed materials and digital copies.

●​ Standard 3- Students will compose at the computer.

3-5 Keyboarding Strand 4- Students will demonstrate correct keyboarding techniques using a variety of timed writings.